Steve, when a2k [ [email protected] ] complained that they didn't want to use any OP's that sounded like they were Letters to the Editor [They have a list of rules, only a page long, but there must be 442 of 'em altogether when you 'clude the sub-rules that come n'nuther pkg], I began fwd'in' mine with changes to the text that made 'em Look Less Like a Letter. But then I 'mem'b'd you [Steve] having asked me to ID it as originally having been submitted to the DP. So now I'm violatin' ur rule, Steve, and Im wonderin' if it's okay; but 'n'ny case, sorry fella

Oh, but things have changed here since. One'v the rules was, I wasn't s'posed to abbr so much, & use better punct !! but since then a2k's Mgmt eased up so they haven't deleted one for a long time [Thanks guys !!]

S'like w/ WordSmith, likewise, they tol' me a year ago I shun't overload their Inbox w/ whol'lotta msg havin' nothin' to do w/ words, then I w'zatta loss !! Din't know whatt'a do !! Yet lately they take 'em all, no 'plaints't'all !! So WS, I guess it's okay now. But I'll be sure they all haf]vta do w/ords, nuthin' else !!

All the Rules, so many'v 'em everywhere, allatime, at 87 (Sat], jus' can't 'mem'm all !!

Steve apparently is involved with a local newspaper that Dale has written for.

I have a lot to say about Dale, but most of it will sound mean.

Why do I read him, good question. I do because he persists.
He has claimed for a lot of years to have alzheimers, and while he is certainly goofy, he's bright enough over all the years he claims it.. This annoys me, as I come from a long line Alzheimer's family.

He likes to play cutting down words so to cut down key strokes, and this is the source of a lot of his babble.
He can write reasonably well if he wants to.